Necrophos
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Necrophos
18 + 2.3
12 + 1.3
23 + 2.7
| Grants the following bonuses per attribute point: | |
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+22HP and +0.1HP regeneration |
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+0.17 armor and 1 attack speed |
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+12MP and +0.05MP regeneration +0.1% base magic resistance +1 Main Attack Damage |
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1200 Projectile Speed
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100 (112)
(1.7 BAT) | ||
0.3 + 0.47
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0.6
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1800 / 800
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Ethereal
Gib Type | ||
2010-11-01
Released | ||
2004-10-22
(v2.60) | ||
Competitive Span
2010-10-01 — 2016-12-12 2016-12-20 — Present |
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"Necro" redirects here. For other uses, see Necro (Disambiguation)
| Damages enemies and heals allies simultaneously. | |
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| Sentenced to a slow death by plague, the corrupt cardinal Rotund'jere instead found himself infected, but miraculously immune. Proclaiming himself the Necrophos, he set out to spread disease far and wide. Cloaked in a Ghost Shroud, the cardinal's ethereal presence chills his surroundings, while those who wander too close, seemingly Seeking Death, are struck by waves of Deadly Pulses. The most afflicted are often the first to die. Once his very presence has slowly Stopped their Hearts, he culls the infirm with a single swing of the Reaper's Scythe, permanently boosting his own regeneration. Wherever Necrophos goes, enemies wither as allies thrive. | |
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| Roles: |  Carry  Nuker  Durable  Disabler |
| Complexity |   |
| Adjectives | Bearded, Green, Undead, Nose Legs ( 2 ) |
Facets[edit]
Profane Potency
Grants Necrophos a flat area-of-effect bonus per Sadist stack.
Rapid Decay
Ghost Shroud grants self movement speed bonus correspondingly to a portion of the total movement speed slow applied within the radius.
Upgrades[edit]
Aghanim's[edit]
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade:
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second correspondingly to a portion of Necrophos' current health regeneration.
Grants the Death Seeker ability.
Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted location.
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location. Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing ally units.
Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted location.
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location. Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing ally units.
Talents[edit]
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| -2.5s Death Pulse Cooldown | 25 | +0.5% Heartstopper Aura Damage |
| +25% Heartstopper Aura Health Regen Reduction | 20 | +15% Ghost Shroud Self Restore Amp |
| +50 Death Pulse Heal | 15 | +20% Ghost Shroud Slow |
| +2s Sadist Stack Duration | 10 | +125 Reaper's Scythe Cast Range |
| ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ ▃ +2 All / / Attributes | ||
Bio[edit]
Behold the Pope of Pestilence.Necrophos
Alias:
Rotundjere
Lore:
In a time of great plague, an obscure monk of dark inclinations, one Rotund'jere, found himself promoted to the rank of Cardinal by the swift death of all his superiors. While others of the order went out to succor the ill, the newly ordained cardinal secluded himself within the Cathedral of Rumusque, busily scheming to acquire the property of dying nobles, promising them spiritual rewards if they signed over their terrestrial domains. As the plague receded to a few stubborn pockets, his behavior came to the attention of the greater order, which found him guilty of heresy and sentenced him to serve in the plague ward, ensorcelled with spells that would ensure him a slow and lingering illness. But they had not counted on his natural immunity. Rotund'jere caught the pox, but instead of dying, found it feeding his power, transforming him into a veritable plague-mage, a Pope of Pestilence. Proclaiming himself the Necrophos, he travels the world, spreading plague wherever he goes, and growing in terrible power with every village his pestilential presence obliterates.
Voice:
Innate[edit]
Sadist[edit]
Sadist 
Passive
Affects
Self
The Sadist rewards himself with a bonus health regeneration and bonus mana regeneration stack for a duration per enemy hero kill.
Stack per Kill: 6
Health Regen Bonus: 3/4.5/6/7.5
Mana Regen Bonus: 3/4.5/6/7.5
Duration: 8 (
10)
10) 
Creep kills grants a less effective stack.
Stack per Kill: 1
This ability levels up with Reaper's Scythe.
Profane Potency
Grants Necrophos a flat area-of-effect bonus per Sadist stack.
Area-of-Effect Bonus per Stack: 50
- Grants regeneration stacks per kill credit to Necrophos, including from
denies.
- Each stack places a new
buff on Necrophos, with each buff duration independent of the other.
- Each stack places a new
- Both the
health regeneration and 
mana regeneration component considers the following as creep kills:
- Does not grant stacks for killing the following units:
necrolyte_sadist (5160)
- The Profane Protency
facet grants the following bonus per stack:
Expression error: Unexpected * operator. flat radius bonus per enemy hero kill.- Expression error: Unexpected * operator. flat radius bonus per enemy creep kill.
Abilities[edit]
Death Pulse[edit]
Releases a wave of death around Necrophos, dealing damage to enemy units and healing ally units.
Cast Animation: 0 + 0.77
Search Radius: 500
500 Projectile Speed: 400
Damage: 100/160/220/280
Heal: 
55/80/105/130 (
105/130/155/180)
55/80/105/130 ( 105/130/155/180) 
8/7/6/5 (
5.5/4.5/3.5/2.5)
5.5/4.5/3.5/2.5)
115/130/145/160
Poor souls who succumb to Rotund'jere's plagues are recycled for future use.
- Does not affect the following units:
Hidden units.
Invulnerable units.
- Acquiring
Aghanim's Shard while drafting this ability unlocks Death Seeker.
necrolyte_death_pulse (5158)
- Takes up to a max 1.25 seconds to reach affected enemy units.
- Takes up to a max
Ghost Shroud[edit]
No / Aura
Affects
Self / Enemy Units
Slips into the ethereal realm that separates the living from the dead, and emits a movement speed slow aura that affects enemy units around him.
Cast Animation: 
0 + 0
0 + 0Slow Radius: 750
750 Move Speed Slow: 16%/19%/22%/25% (
36%/39%/42%/45%)
36%/39%/42%/45%) Duration: 3/3.5/4/4.5
Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Reduces Necrophos' magic resistance while turning ethereal. However, his self-restorative powers are amplified.
Magic Resist Reduction: 20%
Heal Factor: 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 (
1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)
1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 ( 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)Health Regen Factor: 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 ( 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)
1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)Mana Restore Factor: 
1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 ( 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)
1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 ( 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)Mana Regen Factor: 1.45/1.55/1.65/1.75 ( 1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)
1.6/1.7/1.8/1.9)Ethereal Duration: 3/3.5/4/4.5
28/24/20/16
75
Rotund'jere uses the souls of his victims as bridge from life to afterlife.
Rapid Decay
Ghost Shroud grants self movement speed bonus correspondingly to a portion of the total movement speed slow applied within the radius.
Move Speed Slowed to Flat Move Speed Bonus Factor: 0.5
Has the following priorities among 
ethereal sources.
ethereal sources.- Ghost Shroud creates a negative
aura upon cast centered around Necrophos for the entire duration, affecting both Necrophos and enemy units within the radius.
- Attack immune
Disarm
Ethereal, granting 100% physical damage resistance as a secondary effect.
- Multiple ethereal-based
magic resistance reduction sources do not stack, the higher multiplier takes precedence. - However, it stacks multiplicatively with other magic resistance sources.
- Multiple ethereal-based
- The following sources stack diminishingly with similar effects:
- Heal amplification sources.
- Health regeneration amplification sources.
- The following sources stack additively with similar effects:
- Mana restore amplification sources.
- Mana regeneration amplification sources.
- The following sources stack diminishingly with similar effects:
Movement speed slow.- The
Rapid Decay facet considers enemy clones, 
illusions, and 
creep-heroes as heroes.
- Considers the following units as valid heroes:
- Does not consider the following heroes:
Dead heroes.- Hidden heroes.
- Invulnerable heroes.
modifier_necrolyte_sadist_active
Ghost Shroud: Slowing nearby enemies and amplifying your healing while taking increased magic damage.
modifier_necrolyte_sadist_aura_effect
Ghost Shroud: Slowed x% by Necrophos' Ghost Shroud.
necrolyte_sadist (5160)
- Necrophos now has 10% magic resistance.
- Ghost Shroud reduces the total magic resistance by 0.2% per 10
intelligence points.
- Ghost Shroud reduces the total
Heartstopper Aura[edit]
E
I
Heartstopper Aura
Necrophos stills the hearts of his opponents, causing nearby enemy units to lose a percentage of their max health over time.
Aura Radius: 800
800 Max Health Lost per Second: 0.6%/1.2%/1.8%/2.4% (
1.1%/1.7%/2.3%/2.9%)
1.1%/1.7%/2.3%/2.9%) Aura Linger Duration: 0.5
Self Health Regen as Health Loss Bonus Factor: ( 0.5)
0.5) Health Regen Reduction: (
25%)
( 25%) 
Aghanim's Scepter Upgrade
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second correspondingly to a portion of Necrophos' current health regeneration.
Grants bonus enemy max health loss per second correspondingly to a portion of Necrophos' current health regeneration.
Those who come within a short distance of the Necrophos can feel pestilence and plague in the air.
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- Does not affect
ancient creeps. - Utilizes the
HP Removal mechanic to apply magical 
spell damage in 0.2-second intervals.
- Hence, it does not proc on-damage effects.
- The first interval starts 0.2 seconds after learning the ability.
- Has the following damage flags:
- No-spell-amplification
- The flags prevent the spell damage from interacting with their respective sources.
- Does not affect
- The HP Removal per interval is defined as:
- EXPR
EnemyMaxHPLoss + (Self ΣActualHealthRegen × 0.5) -
- The max
health loss bonus value corresponds to a factor of Necrophos' actual total health regeneration values. This includes the following sources:
- Both flat and percentage-based health regeneration sources.
- Health regeneration manipulation sources.
- Both flat and percentage-based
- Hence, he following sources do not affect the ability upgrade:
- Health freeze sources.
- Heal over time sources.
- The max
-
- The debuff icon on the enemies' HUD only shows up when the affected unit has
vision over Necrophos. - However, the floating damage numbers are always visible.
- The debuff icon on the enemies' HUD only shows up when the affected unit has
- The following sources immediately updates Heartstopper Aura's ability values:
- Leveling up the ability.
- The actual total health regeneration as max health loss increasing ability upgrade.
- The following
talents:
- Health regeneration reduction.
- Max health loss increasing.
- Disables the aura component and stop granting new stacks.
- However, existing stacks still grants Necrophos the bonus health regeneration and bonus mana regeneration.
- However, existing stacks still grants Necrophos the bonus
modifier_necrolyte_heartstopper_aura
Heartstopper Aura
modifier_necrolyte_heartstopper_aura_counterHeartstopper Regen: Temporarily gaining x health regen and x mana regen per second.
modifier_necrolyte_heartstopper_aura_effectHeartstopper Aura: Losing a percentage of health every second while near Necrophos.
necrolyte_heartstopper_aura (5159)
math
Death Seeker[edit]
Turns Necrophos into a large death projectile toward the unit-targeted location.
Cast Animation: 0.2 + 0.6
Cast Range: 
900
900 First Projectile Speed: 900
Necrophos rehabilitate himself upon arriving to the location. Then, the affected enemy unit spreads a wave of Death Pulse corresponding of its level, dealing damage to enemy units and healing ally units.
Damage Factor: 1
Heal Factor: 1
1 19
125
This ability levels up with Death Pulse.
- Acquiring Aghanim's Shard unlocks this ability in the fourth ability slot.
- Launches a 900-speed projectile upon cast.
-
- Applies the following ability effects on Necrophos:
- A disabling
forced movement and moves Necrophos periodically with the projectile, utilizing the same 
projectile speed upon cast.
- Can move over impassable terrain and over
trees.
- Can move over impassable terrain and over
- A
- Hidden
- Invulnerable
- Applies the following ability effects on Necrophos:
- Death Pulse projectiles of the corresponding level are released within 500 radius, centered around the unit-targeted enemy.
- All ability effects affects the primary unit-targeted enemy as well.
- Death Pulse is not released if the primary enemy is affected by the following sources upon projectile impact:
- Hidden sources.
- Invulnerable sources.
- Death Pulse projectiles of the corresponding level are released within
- Procs
Spell Block sources upon projectile impact.
- Procs
Spell Reflection sources upon projectile impact.
- Releases Death Pulse of its correspondingly at the targeted unit's previous location.
- Death Pulse released is based on Necrophos' corresponding level when acquired.
- Launches two projectiles simultaneously to both targets, Necrophos reappears next to the secondary target.
- Acquiring Aghanim's Shard while drafting Death Pulse unlocks this ability.
modifier_necrophos_out_of_worldOn hidden entity
necrolyte_death_seeker (661)
- Directly uses Death Pulse's ability values, it does nothing if Death Pulse is not learned upon cast.
Reaper's Scythe[edit]
Stuns the target enemy hero, then deals damage based on per point of missing health of the targeted enemy unit. Any kills under this effect is credited to Necrophos.
Cast Animation: 0.45 + 1.5
Damage per Missing Health: 0.7/0.8/0.9
Stun Duration: 1.5
Grants permanent bonus health regeneration and mana regeneration each time Necrophos kills an enemy hero with Reaper's Scythe.
Health Regen Bonus per Kill: 2/4/6
Mana Regen Bonus per Kill: 1/2/3
100
250/375/500
The amount of death and suffering in the air increases the power of the Necrophos' plague magic.
Has the following priorities among kill credit manipulation sources.
- The ability has two main components:
- The
stun duration and the magical spell damage component. - The permanent health regeneration and mana regeneration bonus stacks granted per kill.
- The
- All damage instances the affected enemy unit recieves for the entire stun duration is sourced to Reaper's Scythe and credited to Necrophos.
- Not affected by status resistance sources.
-
- Deals enough damage (before reductions) to kill the unit-targeted enemy when it is at 41%/44%/47% of max health.
- Damage-sharing sources (e.g. Fatal Bonds) shares one 0-damage instance per Reaper's Scythe cast.
- Deals enough damage (before reductions) to kill the unit-targeted enemy when it is at 41%/44%/47% of max
- All damage instances the affected enemy unit recieves for the entire stun duration is sourced to Reaper's Scythe and credited to Necrophos.
- Grants 1 stack per enemy hero kill sourced to Reaper's Scythe and credited to Necrophos, including
reincarnation sources.
- Considers illusions and other creep-heroes as heroes; the Spirit Bear and clones as creeps.
- Considers
-
- The bonus values granted is not retroactive, and retain their values from when it was first acquired.
- Grants 1 stack per enemy hero kill sourced to Reaper's Scythe and credited to Necrophos, including
- The following conditions do not credit Necrophos with the kill credit:
Forced kill sources applied to the affected enemy unit during the stun duration.- When the affected by the following sources during the stun duration:
- Hidden sources.
- Invulnerable sources.
- When the affected enemy unit is affected by a reflected Omnislash or Swiftslash. In the case of Swiftslash, it must still be occuring when the damage is dealt.
modifier_necrolyte_reapers_scythe_respawn_timeReaper's Scythe: Permanently granting x HP regen and x mana regen from kills.
modifier_necrolyte_reapers_scytheReaper's Scythe: Frozen in the face of the Reaper.
necrolyte_reapers_scythe (5161)
-
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
- The stun debuff.
- The magical spell damage.
- The
- The ability effects are applied as follows:
Recent Matches[edit]
Main Article: Necrophos/Matches
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Picks | Score | vs. Picks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2024 - 18:40 CEST | Tier 3 |   | EPL Season 20 |      |  | 0 : 1 |   |      |
| Sep 29, 2024 - 12:00 EDT | Qualifier |   | DreamLeague S24 NA CQ |     |  | 0 : 1 | |      |
| Sep 28, 2024 - 20:00 AST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 MESWA CQ |  | | 1 : 0 | |      |
| Sep 26, 2024 - 16:00 CEST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 WEU OQ2 |    | | 0 : 1 | |    |
| Sep 24, 2024 - 16:00 CEST | Qualifier | | DreamLeague S24 WEU OQ1 |    | | 0 : 1 |   |     |
The International[edit]
- Necrophos has won the following final matches in The International of the following years:
Recent Changes[edit]
Description
- Increased Ghost Shroud movement speed slow from 10%/15%/20%/25% to 16%/19%/22%/25%.
- Reduced Reaper's Scythe cooldown from 110 to 100.
- Increased base intelligence from 22 to 23.
- Reduced Ghost Shroud self magic resistance reduction from 25% to 20%.
- Increased base intelligence from 21 to 22.
- Increased Ghost Shroud Rapid Decay enemy movement speed slow to self movement speed bonus factor from 0.4 to 0.5.
Dota Plus Progress[edit]
Main Article: Hero Challenges
Relics track a hero's actions and statistics, and display in-game notifications when a milestone is reached. They are only available to Dota Plus subscribers.
| Necrophos's Relics | Voice Lines | |
|---|---|---|
 Mega Kill Streaks Kill Assists Kills |
 Bronze |
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 Silver |
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 Gold |
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 Platinum |
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 Master |
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 Grandmaster |
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Equipment[edit]
| Sets |  |
|---|---|
| Weapon | |
| Shoulder | |
| Legs | |
| Kinetic Gems | |
Trivia[edit]
- ▶️ "My name is Lesion!" probably has to do with the Bible passage Mark (5:9), that reads in the NIV, "Then Jesus asked him, 'What is your name?' 'My name is Legion,' he replied, 'for we are many.'"
- ▶️ "You reap what you sow." might be from the Bible's passage Galatians (6:7) "Do not be deceived, God cannot be mocked. You reap what you sow."
- ▶️ "Red Death." may be a reference to the Edgar Allen Poe short story of the same name.
- ▶️ "Die young and leave a purulent corpse." is a reference to the James Dean quote: "Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse."
- ▶️ "Who can't be cured, must be endured." is a reference to Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy; "What cannot be cured must be endured."
- Necrophos's alternate/fun name was "A Phoe Gyi", which means "an old man" in the Burmese language. It also sounds similar to "a fogey", which is an elderly, normally grumpy individual.
- Necrophos's original title in DotA was "Necrophiliac"; his designer altered the name to "Necrolyte" (a portmanteau of "nekros" (νεκρός), the Greek word for corpse, and acolyte, a religious attendant) upon realizing its implied sexual connotation.
- In the November 21, 2013 Patch, Necrolyte's name was changed to Necrophos, likely to avoid copyright issues with "Blizzard Entertainment". As phos (φῶς) is the Greek word for light, it is a pun on the homonym of "Necrolight" of his former name.
- In the same update, extra filters were added to Necrophos' voice, along with a 10% higher pitch, to make him sound more distinct from Warlock. However, (most likely) a typo caused his voice to be played at 10% pitch, instead of the desired 110% pitch, causing his voice to be much deeper and slower than intended.
Gallery[edit]
Model
Concept art
Ability icon progress
Hero icon progress
Bone Harvest sprite - alive
Bone Harvest sprite - dead
